What is more difficult for players in IPL 2020 than Corona?

Posted on 19th Sep 2020 by rohit kumar

The thirteenth season of the Indian Premier League is beginning in Abu Dhabi against the two most successful teams of the tournament, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.

 

All kinds of protective measures have been taken to make this the biggest tournament of cricket in the era of the Covid epidemic. In which all kinds of precautions have been taken, from keeping the players in the safe bio bubble.

 

With protective measures in the shadow of the Covid epidemic, players will not only have to face the challenge of the opposition team, but the heat and humidity of these three cities of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai is going to be very difficult for the players. Because on most occasions players will have to play at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius.

 

This difficulty has been mentioned by Royal Challengers star player AB de Villiers in a video post on RCB's Twitter handle.

 

He said, "To be honest, I am not used to playing in such conditions. It is very hot here. And this season has reminded me of the Test match played in Chennai in July in which Virender Sehwag has played against us. 300 runs were hit. I had never experienced a more hot situation in my life. "

 

Senior journalist Neeraj Jha, who has worked in a sports channel in the United Arab Emirates for a long time, explains the difficulties there, "One is the temperature around 40 degrees. But more difficult is that the areas outside the stadium There is a sandy ground. Due to the heat of the sand, there is a lot of heat around. It will be a challenge for the players to keep pace with it. "

 

Apart from the heat, due to being adjacent to the sea, the level of humidity is also likely to remain very high in these three stadiums.

 

The rough estimate is that the level of Humidity in all three cities will be around 70 percent, which will also pose a danger of dehydration in front of the players.

 

No effect on Indian players

 

However, according to senior sports journalist Vijay Lokpally, the challenges of the UAE will not be very different from the Indian situation.

 

He told, "See, the IPL has been held in India in the summer of April and May also. Accordingly, the conditions will be more or less the same. As far as the Humidity level is concerned, in India, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, or Then players have to face it even in the matches happening in cities like Kochi. "

 

The stadiums of the United Arab Emirates have been used as the home ground for the Pakistan cricket team for the past decade.

 

After the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, due to security reasons, Pakistan Cricket Board used to host foreign teams in the stadiums here.

 

During this time the players of Pakistan have been continuously playing in the conditions here.

 

The second thing is that no Pakistani cricketer will be seen participating in the IPL season like the previous seasons.

 

During IPL 2020

 

Neeraj Jha, who has a close look at the TV coverage of matches in the UAE, says, "Not only Pakistan, players from the Indian subcontinent will not have much trouble on the ground in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai but foreign players always have trouble. Is. Then this situation will be seen. "

 

During the IPL 2020, if all the teams are combined and more than 50 foreign players are part of these teams, then these players must find some way to keep pace with that situation.

 

It will be like taking out for different players.

 

An interesting example of what this can be is that of Pakistan cricket team fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who always wore an ice collar in the Rawalpindi Express neck while playing on the UAE ground. Due to this, parts of coolness and water were always available in his body.

 

AB De Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore has also talked about humidity in the video posted on the Twitter handle of RCB.

 

He has said, "Even at ten o'clock in the night, there is a lot of humidity here. When I came here, compared it to the previous months, then the situation has improved but you have the challenge to save the energy inside till the last moments of the match. So will be. "

 

According to Vijay Lokpalli, during domestic matches in India, players have to make a place by playing with minor features, apart from the heat, humidity, and flat wickets, that they can mentally field in any difficult challenge to perform well. Descends

 

What will be the matter of relief

The biggest relief for the players participating in the IPL is that most of the matches start at 7:30 pm and in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai, the temperature starts to decrease slightly in the evening and it is a relief for the players. Will be a matter of Apart from this, there are 20–20 overs compared to the IPL where players have to play only a few hours.

 

Neeraj Jha talks about those international matches played in the Arab Emirates when there have been matches played all day.

 

He told, "See, on these grounds, there have been test matches, ODIs have been played which usually started at 10 o'clock and the players were in the field even in the hot sun at noon. While here between March to October, After 11 o'clock till seven o'clock in the evening, people do not get out of their homes. According to this, the players in the IPL will have to spend a few hours.

 

Sachin Tendulkar's 'Desert Strom'

 

Although more than half of the matches of IPL will be played in October, the temperature of UAE will decrease after September. This will give relief to the players.

 

However, earlier during IPL season 7, some IPL matches were played in the UAE in April, which were played in the summer more than this time.

 

Apart from heat and humidity, there is another aspect which can make it very difficult for the players. Sports lovers, who will remember Sachin Tendulkar's two explosive centuries in two matches in Sharjah in 1998, will know this aspect.

 

These century innings of Sachin Tendulkar are known as 'Desert Strom'. Because during his one century innings, there was a sandstorm in the stadium due to which some time of the match was wasted.

 

According to the forecast of the United Arab Emirates Meteorological Department, there may be a sandstorm in September and October.

 

According to senior sports journalist Vijay Lokpalli, no challenge will prevent them from performing vigorously in the way players are getting a chance to perform in the field after a long time due to Corona infection.

 

Vijay Lokpalli explains, "There are all the precautionary measures amid fear of corona infection. As before, there will be no freedom to roam, sit and meet. The party atmosphere will be lost. There will be no noise from the audience. Only then The thrill of cricket. "

 

With the thrill of this cricket, due to the worldwide lockdown, people confined in their homes will also have time to watch this thrill on their TV sets. Therefore, it is expected that spectators will not be seen in this stadium but the viewership is being estimated to be the highest.